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I've listed this article for peer review because I could use a proof reader and some help reorganizing the content.

Thanks, TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 19:30, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Quick comment

Surely the statue is a copyrighted work of art - as such the photo File:Monument to a great.jpg needs to be fair use and hosted on the English Wikipedia. Ruhrfisch ><>°° 20:00, 3 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ruhrfisch comments: Glad to see the image is now fair use on WP. I will make comments as I read through, not sure about reorg as that usually requires me to read and think a while. So here are some suggestions for improvement.

  • The lead is not a true summary of the article, as it should be per WP:LEAD. WHy is the height of the base given in the lead, but not the height of the statue? Why aren't the names of the sculptors in the lead?
  • My rule of thumb is to include every header in the lead in some way, but there is not much history and very few details on the statue in the lead. Sicne this is so short, perhaps try to include something from each paragraph?
  • First sentence is problematic After Jordan retired following the 1992–93 NBA season, Chicago Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf sought a sculptor to memorialize Jordan and requested that Vice President Steve Schanwald conduct a search to hire someone.[1]
    • I would have a few sentences on Jordan and why his career was honored with the statue before this. The reader needs to know why Jordan was honored and called the greatest ever. - see WP:PCR
    • memorialize is generally used for the dead, honor is used for the living
    • Vice President should be clarified - assume he was VP of the Bulls
    • "conduct a search to hire someone" surely there is a better way to say this - I assume they asked for proposals from artists
  • I would also explain more clearly that the Bulls were moving to a new venue - perhaps a subsection of History could be Background and search for artist and have info on Jordan, the Bulls, and the New United Center, then the decision to make the statue and pickling the artists
  • The next subsection could be on the creation and installation of the statue (all but the last paragraph of current History)
  • Then a section on Use or legacy (the jerseys) - I would include any information on critical reception of the staue here - perhaps Reception and legacy? I might put this after the Details section or the details info - first describe the statue as installed, then describe its reception and use
  • Need to clarify that A River Runs through it is not a book about Jordan (I know it is linked)
  • Details section - I am not sure if this is needed. Much of the information could be in Reception/Legacy, and what is left could be part of the history section (describe the statue as created, then the additional inscription.
  • Not much else to add as the article is pretty short.
  • Please make sure that the existing text includes no copyright violations, plagiarism, or close paraphrasing. For more information on this please see Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-04-13/Dispatches. (This is a general warning given in all peer reviews, in view of previous problems that have risen over copyvios.)

Hope this helps. If my comments are useful, please consider peer reviewing an article, especially one at Wikipedia:Peer review/backlog (which is how I found this article). I do not watch peer reviews, so if you have questions or comments, please contact me on my talk page. Yours, Ruhrfisch ><>°° 12:18, 18 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Second look
  • Organization seems better - thanks for trying my crazy ideas ;-)
  • Lead seems OK to me. I noticed this time through that the name Spirit is only in the lead, and is not mentioned again in the body of the article. I assume there are RS to explain it and would add that
  • Everyone in Chicago knows the Blackhawks play there too, but the average reader might not - probably worth explicitly saying the Blackhawks sports home is also the United Center.
  • I would still explain the quote better (from A River Runs...)

Ruhrfisch ><>°° 02:02, 19 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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